Language experts agree that no single English language rule exists for terms like "farmers market," "couple's retreat" or ...

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Next consider the plural of ox, child, and the ecclesiatical form of brother: oxen, children, and brethren. Let us start with the plural oxen. The ending marking the plural here is obviously "-en": ...

Some keen-eared Radio National listeners recently took issue with the following sentence, delivered on a book review program: "There's heartbreaking scenes in Murakami's new novel." It's not that the ...

Mistakes you may have been marked down for in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s may no longer be considered mistakes at all. Back in the 19th century, some grammar teachers had a problem with the word ...

Today, some pungent responses from readers ready to accept ungrammatical usages. “I tend to follow the rules of grammar,” said Maren Swanson, a retired lawyer in Burnsville, “but one I hate and tend ...